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Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity

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Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity - Van Leeuwen, Neil
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Drawing on a range of hard evidence, Neil Van Leeuwen shows that the psychological mechanisms underlying religious belief are the same as those enabling imaginative play. He argues that we should therefore understand religious belief as a form of make-believe that people use to define their group identity and express the values sacred to them.

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Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity 2023, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674290334

Hardcover